Walking Dead most in demand show globally in 2018

The Walking Dead has been named the most in-demand TV show in the world for 2018 at Parrot Analytics’ Global TV Demand Awards.

At the NATPE Miami international content market and conference this week, Parrot Analytics, the global TV analytics firm, announced that The Walking Dead was the most in-demand TV series in the world for 2018. The announcement was made during the inaugural Global TV Demand Awards. The Walking Dead cast members Josh McDermitt and Pollyanna McIntosh and producer Denise Huth were on hand to accept the award.

“This is the first time a TV series has been bestowed an award on the basis of true demand for that show globally. It’s a reflection of how radically content consumption has been impacted by technology,” said Adriana Cisneros, CEO, CISNEROS Media and board member of Parrot Analytics in her opening remarks.

“The TV business is now a $500 billion industry and outdated audience measurement systems simply don’t tell the complete story. Parrot Analytics provides the most accurate determination of what content people actually want in an ever-expanding multi-platform world. Global TV Demand Awards is a celebration of those content creators and distributors who are getting it right.”

“Parrot Analytics owns the world’s largest first-party content consumption dataset, enabling the company to award the most comprehensive global ‘people’s choice award’ ever given to a TV show,” said Wared Seger, CEO, Parrot Analytics.

In addition to the Most In-Demand Show in the World, Parrot Analytics also revealed that the Most In-Demand Digital Original Series in the World for 2018 was Stranger Things (Netflix).

The Global TV Demand Award winners were determined using Parrot Analytics’ global audience demand measurement system, the TV industry’s only system capable of measuring how much a TV series is wanted in 100+ markets around the world, across all platforms. The company captures over 1 billion new data points each day across the consumer activity spectrum, including video consumption (streaming and downloads), social media engagement (hashtags, liking, sharing) and research actions (reading about shows, writing about shows, etc.).

Meanwhile in the TV Demand charts for the week ending January 19, Game Of Thrones is now #1 in Australia and New Zealand on the Overall TV Show chart. Titans and Supernatural were new to the Australia chart this week.

Titans is #1 in both markets on the Digital Originals chart. The DC Universe series is available via Netflix in Australia and New Zealand. Supernatural in on Stan.

Moving up to second place is You which has been doing massive business for Netflix.

Also attracting a lot of attention is Sex Education from Netflix with the show #9 in Australia, but it has yet to chart in New Zealand.